john's college in santa fe, new mexico. my question is quite broad. i am interested in knowing should we, in the united states and the rest of the world, are there more distances after what we have seen. and also if you could talk about what these differences are. >> stamford connecticut. we are here today. speaking in new york, we made a couple of major points. one of which was the need for the growth of the spirit of pluralism and politics across the middle east region. when he was asked what the seeds of that growth or conditions that might foster that growth would be, he essentially reiterated his other point, which is that americans shouldn't think that they have much to do with creating or fostering that. granted the second point, i would ask this panel, are their seeds of growth of political pluralism or conditions that could help nurture us, and is the question also relevant? >> in your book you talk about the regional narrative. there is activity that should be talked about. the fact that someone in one country can see what is happening and r